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G. W. BURST.

GATE. APPLIOATl-ON FILED MAR. 4, 1907.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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GATE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1907.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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GEORGE wfnunsr, OF HAWTHORNE, NEVADA.

GATE.

No. 916,873. Specification Letters Patent. Patented March 80, 1903.

Application. filed March 4, 1907. Serial No. 360,l23-.

T 0 all whom it may concern: screen. The lower end of the inner verticalBe it mown that l, Gnoiisn v 5. HUns'r, a bar 13 of the gate issupported by means of a citizen or the United States, residin'rla'ivbracket wi ich comprises an attaching porthorne, in the countyoil Esmerald State or tion which is secured to the Nevada, have inventedcertain new and useand which has its upper portion bci'it outiulImprovements in Gates; and I do hereby wardly and thence declare thefollowing to be a li clear, and the outwardly bent portion bein providedeizact description of tire invention, such with socket l8 and thereturned portion will enable others skilled in the art to which 7 withan opening 1% through which the 10 it appertains to make and use thesame. lower end of the vert cal bar projects,

This invention relates to and rore the extreme lower end oi this herbeing seatparticularly to that class which a ed in the socket 18 which01"" less diameter to be opened by hand from a i'istance and than theopening 1%) in the bracket.

the primary object of the invention s t pro- Supported upon the upperend of the 15 vide a gate oi. this class having a shiittahlc gate post10 a plate 20 from. which proupper hinge which may be moved by the ea 'cjects a t -shaped guide preierably formed of operating mechanism tocause tiie gat inner and outer t -shaped me; here 21 and open in eitherrcction desired. 22 respectively which are equidistantly in carrying outmy invention I employ a spaced and project in the direction ol the 20V-shaped guide in which the inner vertica latch post 11 The up :er endportion O li the bar oi the is designed to wortt and inner vertical barprojects hetw an i which it is shifted by means of slotted plateii-shaped members and is movable t which are arranged above the guideand tween inanianner to be presently des through the slots of which theupper ends oi" Swiveled upon the plate 20 are plates and 5 the verticalbar project .l also employ in 2a which are substantia y igular in formconnection with the gate an automatic latch and overlap, the plate 23 1,mg above the from engagement with which the gate is deplate 24. Theseplates are pivoted to the signed to be lifted by means oi a swii-s iplate :20 at corresponding corners and formed yoke member carried y thegate l i in each o'l the plates and extending from a 30 this yoke beiiopen ted immediate v prspoint acent their point of "votal conneccedingthe movement of the p ates t shift tion with the plate 20 to their acentcorthe vertical bar of the ners are slots 25 and 26 respectively whichin the accompanying; drawings, Figure l are at all times in registrationwith each is a side elevation oi? t e gate showing the other to agreater or less eegree and throi h 35 gate in closed position is a frontelevsw iich projects the extreme upper end 0; the

upon itself as at 17,

l i I i t1onthereol,l11g. 3 is top plan view showing vertical post 1301" the gate it being underthe gate in open position, liig. l is asimilar stood that these slotted corners of he plates view showing thegate in closed position, Fig. 23 and 24 project over the guide iiiemhei5 is a view similar to Fig. i but with a porand 40 tion of the platesbroken away to show the Arranged upon opposite sides ol the gate guidemember for the vertical bar cl the post 10 and to some little distancetheregate, and Fig. 6 is a detail View in elevation from are uprights 27and 28 upon which are of the keeper post for the gate showing thepivotally mounted levers 29 and 30 respecnormal position or the keepers.tively. These levers are pivoted suhstan- 45 Referring more specificallyto the drawings tially at their middle and normally extend the numeral10 denotes the hinge post of the obliquely upward and secured at one ofits gate, and 11 the latch post therefor. ends to the upper end 01. thelever 29 is a ca- The gate proper comprises upper and lower ble 81 whichcable is attached at its opposite horizontal bars 12, an inner verticalbar 13, end to the remaining corner oi the triangular 50 which extendsconsiderably above the upper plate 23 and to this corner is alsoconnected horizontal bar and slightly below the lower one end of a cable32 which is secured at its horizontal bar and an outer vertical bar 14opposite end on lever 30 at a point below the beyond which the outerends or the upper point of pivotal connection of the lever with andlower horizontal bars 12 project as at 15. the post. 5 The filling ofthe gate may be of any desired A cable 33 is connected at one of itsends materlal and construction ior example a wire to the upper end ofthe lever 30 and extends 15 yoke from its normal 25 direction due to its40 of keepers 44 each oi which comprises a to and is connected with thecorner of the plate and the lever 29 below the pivotal point of the sameis a cable 34.

Secured at their corres ondin ends to the gate post are cables 35 and 36which are connected at their outer ends to the levers 29 and 30respectively and these cables pass under the side portions 37 of a yokemember 10 38, the ends of the said portions being pivotally connectedwith opposite sides of the gate post 10'. The inner vertical bar 13 ofthe gate confined within this yoke and is adapted to be moved by theraising of the position which is in a substantially horizontal plane, toa vertical plane. The cables 35 and 36 are so stretched that movement ofthe levers will cause them to act upon the yoke member to raise thefront of the gate and one of the plates 23 or 24 will positively move tomove the upper end of the vertical gate bar into one side or the otherof the guide and consequently insure automatic swinging of the gate inthat wn weight and the change of location of the upper pivotal point 01?the gate.

The cables hereinbeiore described are preferably passed around pulleys39 carried by posts 4-0 which are arranged intermediate the post 30 andthe posts 27 and 28. As clearly shown in the drawings the normalposition of i the gate is such that the vertical end bar 13 is inclinedand in order to ill the space between this bar and the gate ost 101irovide upon the post a flange 41, which made of wood or metal and maybe secured in any suitable manner to the post.

The latch for the gate comprises two pairs strip of metal bent back uponitself as at -15 and pivoted as at 16 upon the latch post. The membersof each pair are pivoted one above the other and the correspondingmembers of may be the two pairs oppose each other and in order that thetwo pairs may be moved in unison the members of each pair are connectedby means of a bar 47.

From the foregoing it will be seen that as the gate is swung to closedposition, the pro jecting ends of the upper and lower gate i g i! l l ll I l corresponding bars 11 and 12 move over the upper edges of cornerof the plate 24 and connecting this the keepers and rest between theopposing ends of the corresponding ones of the pairs of keepers, itbeing furthermore understood that owing to the initial tilting of thegate before being swung, the projecting ends of the said bars are raisedout of such engagement between the keepers. Furthermore the bars 47 maybe grasped and the keepers moved to permit of opening of the gate by aperson traveling on foot.

TVhat is claimed is r I 1. A device of the class described. comprising agate post, a bracket carried by the post, a Vshaped guide supported bythe post at its u per end, a gate having a vertical bar extending aboveits top horizontal bar, the lower end of said vertical bar being seatedin the bracket and the upper end being en gaged with the guide, a yokepivoted upon the post and inclosing the vertical bar, means for swingingthe yoke from a horizontal to a vertical position to tilt the gatethrough the medium of the vertical bar, and means arranged above theguide for directing the bar after being tilted, into one or the otherportion of the ti-shaped guide.

2. A device 01" the class described comprising a gate post, a bracketcarried by the post, a V-shaped guide supported by the post at its upperend, a gate aving a vertical bar extending above its top horizontal bar,the lower end of said vertical bar being seated in the bracket and theupper end being engaged with the guide, a yoke pivoted u on the 0st andinclosin the vertical bar I p 23 7 GEORGE W. HURST.

Witnesses J. J. CI-IRIs'rIANsEN, Gnonen WooDnUFF.

